Featured Physicians

Hackensack University Medical Center’s Department of Urology Presented 12 Abstracts at the American Urological Association 2021 Annual Meeting

Hackensack University Medical Center presented 12 abstracts at the American Urological Association’s (AUA) 2021 Annual Meeting, held virtually, September 10-13, 2021. Sixty percent of the department’s abstracts that were submitted for consideration were accepted, which is significantly higher than the

Welcome Dr. Dirk de Haas!

Dr. Dirk de Haas has been named the Interim Medical Director Emergency Medicine at JFK University Medical Center and will assume the position held by Dr. Sam LaCapra while searching for a new permanent Medical Director and Director of Emergency

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Dean Bonita Stanton Honored with National Medical Fellowships’ Legacy Award

Bonita Stanton, M.D., the founding dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, will receive the National Medical Fellowships’ Legacy Award. Dr. Stanton is being honored for helping to create “a school that recognizes inequity in health outcomes and that

Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan Participates in the Black Maternal Health Caucus Briefing

Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan who provided a testimonial about Black Maternal Health before the United States Congress on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Watch the briefing. The Black Maternal Health Caucus held a briefing examining how America’s historical and ongoing structural racism against

Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Shabbar Danish, MD, as Chair of Neurosurgery

Jersey Shore University Medical Center welcomes Board Certified Neurosurgeon Shabbar F. Danish, M.D., FAANS, as Chair of Neurosurgery as part of the academic medical center’s Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Danish has provided neurosurgical care for patients throughout New Jersey for more than

Welcome Anthony Conte, M.D.

Anthony Conte, M.D., joins Hackensack Meridian Health as a neurosurgeon at JFK University Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Medical Center. Dr. Conte is fellowship-trained in complex and reconstructive spine surgery. During his residency at Georgetown, Dr. Conte received

Vascular Surgeon Owano Pennycooke, M.D., Joins Center for Wound Healing at Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy

Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy welcomes Vascular Surgeon Owano Pennycooke, M.D. to its Center for Wound Healing. As part of the Center’s surgical team, Dr. Pennycooke will treat non-healing and complex wound issues. He also is highly experienced in conducting

Harriet B. Borofsky, M.D., Named Medical Director of Breast Imaging at Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Medical Center

Harriet B. Borofsky, M.D., joins Hackensack Meridian Health as medical director of breast imaging at Riverview and Bayshore Medical Centers after serving as medical director of breast imaging at Mills Peninsula Medical Center, a Sutter Health affiliate, for the past

Namrata G. Jain, M.D to Lead Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital welcomes pediatric nephrologist Namrata G. Jain, M.D., as Medical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplant. She will be working in close collaboration with Kenneth Lieberman, M.D., chief of Pediatric Nephrology, as well as physicians across the

Hackensack Meridian Medical Group Welcomes Lauren Tennyson, M.D., Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon

Hackensack Meridian Medical Group is proud to welcome Lauren Tennyson, M.D., to the Shrewsbury office. Lauren Tennyson, M.D., is a fellowship-trained urologist specializing in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Tennyson has expertise in treating a wide range of

Anjali Ratnathicam, D.O., RVT, named Hackensack University Medical Center’s Medical Director of Vascular Lab

Vascular surgeon Anjali Ratnathicam, D.O., RVT, has accepted the position of Medical Director of the Vascular Lab at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC). Dr. Ratnathicam served as a vascular surgeon at HUMC since 2014. She also serves as an Assistant

Kerry Lanigan, M.D., Joins Southern Ocean as Hospitalist Director

Kerry Lanigan, M.D., has joined Southern Ocean Medical Center as hospitalist director replacing Jason Nehmad, M.D., who was appointed chief medical officer. Dr. Lanigan has been a member of our hospitalist team for more than a year. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Dr.